04.09.20
Shadow Wars
A five-month collaborative OSINT investigation reveals the devastating reality of the US air war in Afghanistan
03.06.20
There is a deeply worrying lack of transparency around civilian casualties in Afghanistan almost 20 years after US operations began
The Bureau and Bellingcat spent two months uncovering mounds of evidence from a list of 21 strikes believed to have killed civilians
04.11.19
Senior Afghan officials and their families have owned luxury offshore property in Dubai, the Bureau can reveal
29.10.19
The air war in Afghanistan is intensifying following the failure of the US-Taliban peace negotiations
11.09.19
The air war in Afghanistan intensified in August. Whether this trend will continue remains to be seen, with Taliban talks collapsing and Trump's national security advisor out.
03.06.19
This is the evidence which helped the Bureau together with the New York Times' Visual Investigations Unit prove the US carried out a strike which locals say killed eleven children
We proved in the face of US denial that its military carried out an airstrike that killed seven children, their mother and four young cousins in Afghanistan
02.05.19
The figure is lower than those recorded by other organisations. The new report shows an improvement in military openness about overseas operations, but there is still a transparency gap
07.03.19
US intelligence officials will no longer have to publicly announce how many civilians they have killed in covert air strikes outside war zones
08.02.19
The Bureau has evidence showing an Afghan special forces unit backed by the CIA is committing abuses and its on-the-ground activities are supported by US air strikes
02.01.19
US aircraft are regularly hitting buildings in Afghanistan as the war escalates, even though this is known to cause civilian casualties. This is how one such strike affected an Afghan family
20.12.18
The US military has stopped publishing important information on its strikes in Afghanistan just two months after deciding to release it
01.12.18
Newly released data from the US military shows that over 60 buildings were hit last month despite long-standing concerns that these kinds of strikes cause civilian casualties
11.10.18
The UN has found civilian casualties from strikes have risen by 39 per cent, with the US responsible for over half of these
07.10.18
Murder and maiming, shootings, explosions, air strikes: Using unpublished data and on-the-ground reporting we have compiled a list of all the attacks during one day in Afghanistan's forgotten war.
05.10.18
The US has publishing detailed information about its airstrikes in Afghanistan following a blackout reported by the Bureau
28.09.18
Lobbying’s Hidden Influence
Macedonia's name change referendum has become the latest frontline in a battle of influence, one that is plaguing an increasing number referendums and elections across the globe
30.07.18
The region was one of the quieter parts of Afghanistan but now it's the focus of the killing.
02.05.18
Trump administration considering overturning a key Obama-era policy that sought to make counter-terrorism operations more transparent, even as it ramps them up.
